In 1669, in a bid to cut down on violence, King Louis XIV of France decreed all pointed knives on the street or the dinner table illegal, and ordered all knife points ground down.
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Through the fog of battle, some surprising points of common ground between the two main parties can be glimpsed.
The Civil Aviation Authority said helicopters in London have only limited radar help and fly mostly using visual reference points on the ground.
Crunching ground strokes set up two championship points, finished with an explosive forehand as Williams claimed the WTA Championships for the third time.
Goals from Craig Davies and Kris Taylor at the Crown Ground moved Vale to within two points of the play-off places in League Two.
Rangers started the day two points behind Celtic but made up the ground with a 1-0 win at Easter Road.
Cycle hire points even exist at Lord's Cricket Ground, which hosts the archery, and Horse Guards Parade, the home to the beach volleyball.
England's last victory over the Wallabies, in the 2007 World Cup, was based on them scrummaging Australia into the ground and as they twice cut the gap to four points in the second half it looked as though a similar result was on the cards.
We built the bases from the ground up and they really are a big feature and focal points in the map.
The home side retained the upper hand, although they lost some ground when Matthew Jarvis landed a penalty to claw back three points for the visitors.
Hispanics have gained considerable ground relative to whites, closing the dropout gap from 21 percentage points to 9.
The Korean carmakers, Hyundai and Kia, are also gaining ground in the U.S., up 0.4 points and 0.2 points, respectively, as they have improved both the quality and design of their vehicles while continuing to stress great value.
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Despite the limp economic recovery and political gridlock in the US, and the simmering European debt crisis, the Vix has continually been ground lower over the past year, and touched 13.2 points on Wednesday, the lowest since June 2007.
For a U.S. venture firm to succeed in China, Robinson points out that it takes local staff and on-the-ground market intelligence.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission, which has already been studying how fast computers affect stock trading, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are coordinating their investigation into what went wrong Thursday, when the stock market went haywire and collapsed nearly 1, 000 points in 20 minutes, only to recover most of the lost ground.
Hibs have now lost valuable ground on Dundee United and lie in fourth place, trailing the Taysiders by five points, having played a game more.
Hamilton leads the title race by three points from Webber, with Vettel, Button and Alonso needing to make up ground.
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